Veritas Backup Exec Reviews

I primarily use this solution as a backup service. I have used it for more then 10 years. It is a good backup tool. 

It can support all of my backup, and all of my applications. It is able to backup everything.

I would like to see them improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data. 

More than five years.

The stability is very good. 

It is very good.

The tech support is very good. 

I was involved, it was not a complicated setup. 

It is important for me for the solution to support all metadata, the entire database. It must support the entire platform. 

When I joined my company, they had already purchased Backup Exec. We use it as a backup solution.

It's a nice alternate solution for backup.

The most valuable features are that it is user-friendly. It also works nicely with Windows and Skype. In addition, there are nice backup features.

First, it would be nice to improve the cloud. 

Second, it would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the
fast restoration required. This solution just doesn't meet my business needs for backup plans.

Lastly, the reporting needs improvement. Backup Exec does not have the strong art of reporting tools, because we sometimes have to get more than six months or an
annual based report.

More than five years.

 We are satisfied with the stability of the product.

There is nothing wrong with the scalability of the product.

We have had a lot of trouble with tech support.

It is very easy to install and implement. In addition, the upgrades are also easy to implement.

In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve and update it. They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs.

Veritas Backup Exec is one of the most dominant software based backup solutions in the industry. It is a reputed and well known product.

This solution is suggested for small- to medium-sized enterprises. 

It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO).

• The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms. 
• Deployment is a pain, but once the setup is done, it works like a charm. 
• One of the most stable backup solutions.  

Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added. However, offsite backup to the cloud can be done. 

The recovery success rate is not very convincing.

One to three years.

Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong. 

I was previously an ADV engineer at Veritas. I have witnessed different types of users utilizing the product.

It provides our daily backups and restores. It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago. We also enjoy the feature which allow us to set up a backup job on one location, to be backed up to media on another Backup Exec server.

• Backup to Disk: It restore files very quickly.
• vSphere infrastructure backup option: Useful to keeps VMs on disk and it is done fast.

They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing.

There were issues with version 2010, but since our last upgrade, we are comfortable again.

There were no issues with scalability, because we had all the necessary licenses.

I would give technical support a rating of nine out of 10.

We did not use a different solution before this one.

The initial setup was straightforward.

If your company can afford it, go for it.

It is simple to set up. Once the backup jobs are clearly defined, the rest is history.

We have about 500 devices, so we want to make sure they are backed up online and protected from attack. Another use case is to back up a client's SharePoint platform. It's SharePoint 2019 SQL. We use Backup Exec to back up that application and the server and restore after a disaster.

One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability.

Higher availability is when you have two servers that can fail over each other. Veritas can’t back up sql when it’s on high availability 

We've been using Backup Exec for three years now.

Backup Exec is stable.

Backup Exec is scalable. 

Veritas has a good support system you can contact when you're having issues. It's very easy.

Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer. 

I rate Veritas Backup Exec nine out of 10. If you're implementing this product, make sure you get your requirements right from the start. You need to know what you want to achieve with Veritas. 

My primary use case for this solution is as backup for our file servers, SQL, things like that. We're a customer of Veritas and I'm a CAD engineer. 

I like the open file option, SQL agent, and the EM agent. It's a user friendly solution. 

This is a very good product. I've been comparing it to some DR solutions, there are some products that include disaster recovery which Veritas is lacking for now. It's possible that they will include it in the next release. We're looking for something with a DR backup. 

I've been using this solution for 15 years. 

In general, the stability is good, but we do sometimes have issues. The documentation is very good so any issues can be solved. 

We are a small company and I'm the only person using this product so we haven't tried scaling it. I think the next version, NetBackup, includes the option to expand. 

The technical support is very good. 

The initial setup is straightforward and only takes about half an hour. We do upgrade patches when new releases come through and also carry out regular maintenance. 

The pricing of this solution is moderate, I believe. 

On-premises

We use this solution for backup and recovery.

The deployment model for this solution is on-premise.

The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface.

The interface could use improvement. 

I have been using this solution for almost nine years.

This product is fantastically stable.

The scalability of this solution is good.

Technical support for this solution is great.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The deployment will take a maximum of two to three hours.

We performed the implementation ourselves, but we asked for help from the technical team at Veritas.

We are satisfied with the price of this solution.

Everything that I need is available with Veritas.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Excellent backup tool for doing disk to disk to tape. Support is great, even though you get through to Pune or Bangalore, their support skills are great.

Service packs releases mean you need to apply it to the media server and then manually update each agent. Can be time-consuming.